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READING Read. Check T for True and F for False.

1 Listen and read. TR: 8.8 1. The Day of the Dead is a sad festival in Mexico. T F

November Celebrations 2. On the Day of the Dead, families eat food at T F
the cemeteries.

3. At Yi Peng, there is a parade and there are fireworks. T F
The Day of the Dead is a big festival in Mexico. People
celebrate it on the first day of November. They remember 4. There is only one lantern in the sky at the

and celebrate the dead people in their families. They Yi Peng festival. T F
sometimes decorate the cemeteries with skeletons in Day of the Dead
special costumes. Families take a big feast to the cemetery, 5. Both the Day of the Dead and the festival of Yi Peng
and they light candles and play music. People give candy are usually celebrated in November. T F

and chocolate in the shape of skulls. For Mexicans, skulls
and skeletons are not scary, and the festival is not sad. The 3 Read. Complete the chart.
Day of the Dead is a time for fun and happy celebrations.

Day of the Dead Yi Peng
In Thailand the festival of Yi Peng usually happens
in November, too. On the first day, there is a parade and
people wear beautiful costumes. People make lanterns When is it?
out of rice paper. They light small candles inside them. www.english0905.com
On the night of the festival, thousands of bright lanterns

go up into the sky. People believe that the lanterns are Festival of Yi Peng Why do they
taking away the bad things in their lives. People also celebrate it?
decorate their homes and gardens with paper lanterns.

And on the last day, there are fireworks.

In 2002 a candy company What do
made chocolate fireworks! people do?
60 kg (132 lb.) of chocolate
went up into the sky!

4 Work with a partner. Look at the photographs.

What do you see? What do you like?

I like the lanterns. I I like the lanterns, too! And
think they are beautiful. did you see those skulls?

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